Are the special effects in the Science Fiction channel movie Wyvern good?”
A wyvern is a cunning dragon of Nordic mythology. It doesn’t breathe fire but is extremely deadly regardless. It loves to swoop down, snatch someone up, and drop what remains of them after its done chowing down. Thanks to rising temperatures, a wyvern has thawed out and taken to making the small hick town of Beaver Mills, Alaska its new feeding ground. You just don’t come across too many Alaskan dragon movies. Regardless, Wyvern is easily the best movie ever made about a dragon attacking Alaska. Thanks to the near theatrical quality computer effects used to bring it to life, the wyvern ranks as one of the most impressive CGI monsters to ever appear in a Sci-Fi Channel movie. Top notch special effects for a Sci-Fi Channel flick. The rest of the movie isn’t too shabby, either. Wyvern proves to be a completely unremarkable yet rather well-made straightforward monster movie. It doesn’t bring anything new to the table, outside of a somewhat unique means by which to kill a flying dragon, but
WYVERN on the Sci-Fi Channel, by Bruce Simmons from Cinema Static: Saturday night Sci-Fi movies tend to have quick deaths in the beginning, cheesy over the board acting, miserable stories and sad effects. But it is Saturday night and camp can be fun. WYVERN did meet some expectations and yet I was also surprised by it. Wyvern delivered the first death within 2 minutes of the movie opening. It actually had a story that developed decent progression, fair background and typical developments that kept the plot in a decent progression. Yet Nick Chinlund delivers a decent role as Jake, as he delivers validity to the cast. You might remember him from “The Chronicles of Riddick” as Toombs, the ill-fated bounty hunter. Then there’s Erin Karpluk, (Claire) Barry Corbin (Haas) and Don S. Davis of Stargate fame, as the doofy brained Colonel. Don Davis (RIP) shows the depth of his talent. He isn’t the main character, but one of a few secondary roles. No, it’s not a mind boggling, soul wrenching role
Thanks to the near theatrical quality computer effects used to bring it to life, the wyvern ranks as one of the most impressive CGI monsters to ever appear in a Sci-Fi Channel movie. Top notch special effects for a Sci-Fi Channel flick. The rest of the movie isn’t too shabby, either. Wyvern proves to be a completely unremarkable yet rather well-made straightforward monster movie. It doesn’t bring anything new to the table, outside of a somewhat unique means by which to kill a flying dragon, but it does entertain in a Saturday matinee sort of way without insulting your intelligence the way too many Sci-Fi Channel original movies tend to when they try to be a little too cheeky for their own good. The plot is very reminiscent of Tremors and in that effect, very reminiscent of any number of 1950’s science fiction B-movies. If you like old fashioned monster movies then you’ll probably like this one, too.
